Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly Sophie found she was in deep water . |
| 2 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 3 | We found he was in good shape , but had no food in his intestines . |
| 4 | Three-quarters of providers were confident that " this unit can take on the competition " and two-thirds believed they were in good shape to do so . |
| 5 | I believed he was in safe hands . |
| 6 | When the orchestra reassembled it was at full strength and they played Richard Strauss 's Tone Poem ‘ Heldenleben ’ more or less from start to finish . |
| 7 | They 'd have put her in the freak show , confessing how misled she was by capitalist gold . |
| 8 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 9 | I went to a local DIY store and picked out a can of own-brand paint which stated it was for exterior decoration . |
| 10 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 11 | Then I realized we were into genuine past-tense mode . |
| 12 | I knew I was in great danger . |
| 13 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 14 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 15 | Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground . |
| 16 | And yet , like Anne Boleyn all those centuries before her , she knew she was in imminent danger of losing her head … |
| 17 | Yet he feared they were like biting fish in a fine mesh net , if they swam forward they would never escape ; he saw them lifting their limbs with automatic motion , as crayfish with their lumbering claws knock against the basketwork of the pens in which they have been trapped . |
| 18 | Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth . |
| 19 | I thought they were for sore throats and things Gary ? |
| 20 | ‘ It was only a joke but the school secretary , who had a heart condition , thought they were for real and nearly died , ’ says Betty Weller . |
| 21 | I thought they were after old iron . |
| 22 | I thought they were after old iron . |
| 23 | And they went out into the country to these evacuated people and they , they thought they were in absolute |
| 24 | ‘ On Saturday I saw he was in good condition and decided to play him . |
| 25 | But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire . |
| 26 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 27 | ‘ I have , ’ the young man told him , and , although he smiled , Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest . |
| 28 | She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day . |
| 29 | It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |